MisMatched - Prologue

[darkangel4182]

 (So guys, this is literally my first post of my first series that I got inspiration for. I'm very new to Dreamwidth so do point out any mistakes I have made and I will try my best to correct them in future posts. Do forgive if I'm still confused about some things, like compressing chapters into lists and tags and all that. Chapter 1 will follow within one day of this. Thanks.)

Prologue

  Pain is tearing me apart. It hurts to walk every step with this ticking time bomb inside me, spikes pushing through my flesh. I falter so much I’m limping now, but I continue walking. The cliff edge is just ahead of me. I brush away branches before me, their leaves and twigs poking my face painfully. The vermilion twilight seeps through gaps in the foliage, beams of dusk shining through the last hours of day. I stumble through the obstacles in front of me, blindly waving my hands and sustaining more cuts. I finally fall down just as I reach the edge of the forest. The sun is halfway below the horizon and orange beams shine upon the desolate landscape before me, a rocky land scoured clean of all life. 

  I stand up slowly, painfully, and drag myself to the edge of the cliff where it’s a long fall down. As close to the edge as I can stay, I fall down and look over the edge to the ground far below. I’m trying to bring myself closer, trying to commit myself to this, trying to leave everything behind me and forget my whole life. It’s like a crown of thorns around my heart, squeezing tighter with every step closer I am to moving my foot over the edge. Memory after memory is stamped with a resolute “No”. Experiences being shuffled into the locked box by the dozens per second. A bright, swirling shell of symbols surrounds me, glowing in the last fading beams of the sunset, illuminating the path down to the deathbed I so want to be in.

   But I can’t.

   I just can’t bring myself to do away with these memories. These few which I cannot bear to throw away. The ones I cannot forget are those that are holding me back from taking this last step. I stumble backward and crumble into a pile of tears and shakes, unable to hold back the sadness which I’ve bottled up for two years. An endless eternity of breakdowns and sobs flood out in one long bout of crying.

  I don’t even hear the footsteps approaching, or see the figure behind look at me with a tear-stricken face and heartbreak evident in his eyes.

  It is his touch on my shoulder that I finally recognise.

Comments

[ruddiestbubbles]

Ah, very intriguining! I already love your writing style. And welcome!!! *bear hugs!!!*

You need to use the cut btw. To use the cut put this with out the spaces < cut > before what you want hidden, which is generally the story and not the intro thingy, and put this, again without the spaces, < / cut > after the story. It'll make it so the you have to click the link thingy to read the story, makes it neater!

[darkangel4182]

Sorry, I don't quite understand(ugh) what's a cut, what do I want hidden, what's the into thingy? I am so stupid.

-darkangel4182

[ruddiestbubbles]

Don't worry I was like that the first time as well.

When you post a story here, you want to have the actual story itself hidden so as not to clutter the main page. The intro thing is the little bit before the actual story where you introduce yourself and such.

To use the cut, I'm going to use a terrible example, so don't mind that, you would do this:

Hi I'm new and this is a story (intro thingy)

< cut > (actually type this, without spaces though)

Two people fell in love and loved happily ever after (story)

< / cut > (actually type this as well, without spaces though


That's basically it! Hope that helps!

[darkangel4182]

I did it! Thanks!

-darkangel4182

[ruddiestbubbles]

No prob! Glad I could help. And I'm really excited for more of this story! I'm so curious who the characters are. The SMS shipper in me hopes its them, but one can always dream

[darkangel4182]

When Chapter 1 comes out, everyone who reads this will have to guess...

-darkangel4182

[ruddiestbubbles]

Can't wait!

And again, welcome to the salad! Glad to have ya here <3 *bear hugs* (you'll get a lot of those I'm guessing XD)

[eclipse3]

Welcome to the salad darkangel! Let the welcome hug pile begin!
Good story btw.

[darkangel4182]

Thank you so much!

-darkangel4182

[tanadin]

I loved this, I'm really looking forward to the first chapter. Very descriptive and sets the tone very, very quickly. ^^

[darkangel4182]

The tone will abruptly change. This "prologue" is actually taking place in the present, so the situation will only be continued in the epilogue. Who knows what will happen then...

-darkangel4182

[tdscott8]

Oh wow, this is surprisingly interesting. It's not a style I typically like reading (first person) but this is intriguing enough to where I'll make an exception. Well done!

[(Anonymous)]

I loved this! I can't wait for more of it, I love your writing style. The inner Nebtho shipper in me is hoping wildly... Haha. But seriously, I'm really looking forward to reading more of this :D

- The certain TheAmazingPikachu who forgot to log in, and is too lazy to do so

[(Anonymous)]

((Also hasn't realised I'm about six days late. Thank you, me :S))